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Controversy on Campus Ben Shapiro’s Ohio State appearance brings mixed reception

SETH SHANLEY Lantern reporter shanley.15@osu.edu Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro will speak at Ohio State on Tuesday. The event is hosted by the Ohio State chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative organization for college students.

The event is part of the Fred Allen Lecture Series, a national college lecture tour that aims to bring conservative ideas to college students. Ohio State is one of six universities that Shapiro will visit during this tour, selected from more than 1,500 that applied.

Shapiro is known for his work as a conservative political personality. From 2012 to 2016, he served as the editor-in-chief for the conservative media site, Breitbart, and currently serves as the editor-in-chief for The Daily Wire, a conservative news and commentary website he founded. Shapiro is also known for frequently speaking at college campuses across the nation and engaging students in extensive question-and-answer sessions.

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Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief for The Daily Wire, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 22. Shapiro will speak at the Ohio Union on Tuesday.

chair and a third-year in marketing, said this event is an opportunity to disseminate conservative views to students on both sides of the political spectrum, for Shapiro gets “a lot of attention.”

“My goal on such a big campus is to reach everybody,” Lamb said. “Our mission is to get peo-

ple to create discussion, let people hear what conservative ideas actually are, rather than through the biased perspective of their professors, their liberal professors or the media.”

While popular among conservative audiences, Shapiro’s rightwing views have been a subject of

criticism and controversy. Due to this, a couple of Columbus-based organizations are planning to oppose the event.

Ohio State’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists will host a table outside of the lecture venue from 6 to 9 p.m. to inform SHAPIRO CONTINUES ON 3

Free clinic provides health care for local Spanish-speaking community MICHAEL LEE Outreach & Engagement Editor lee.7240@osu.edu When Milton Mendez’s wife had to get surgery for her carpal tunnel, the health insurance they had at the time only covered $40,000 of the $45,000 bill. Mendez was left with a bill he couldn’t afford.

Unable to pay the remaining $5,000, the Mendez family was left without insurance.

For two years, 65-year-old Mendez of Canal Winchester has been coming to La Clinica Latina, a weekly free clinic that provides health services to underinsured Spanish-speaking patients, to treat his hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia — abnormal levels of fat molecules in the blood — and overweightness.

“He also smokes, but we’ve been working on that,” Tania Gennell, a fourth-year medical student who has been treating Mendez since

“[Volunteering at La Clinica Latina] was my way of giving back, and so that was an opportunity that I saw here . . . Something that I’ve always wanted to do was help others in my situation and help my people because I’m Latina, it’s an important part of my life.”

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he came to the clinic, said.

“I didn’t come here to quit smoking,” Mendez — originally from Caracas, Venezuela — responded in Spanish via translation from Gennell, with a laugh.

On the corner of North High Street and West Northwood Avenue, physicians at La Clinica Latina see patients like Mendez from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Rardin Family Practice. The clinic is a initiative between the Ohio Latino Health Network and the Wexner Medical Center.

Four years ago, the clinic was closed down for “various reasons,” said Summit Shah, assistant professor at the College of Medicine and the clinic’s physician adviser. However, Shah reopened the clinic in 2016 with a group of medical students “We implemented some changes. We implemented an electronic medical record and expanded a lot of the services that we proHEALTH CARE CONTINUES ON 2

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Wendy Smooth wasn’t expecting a job offer after she presented her research on the effects of increased diversity in lawmakers at an American Political Science Association conference in 2004.

But when she finished, she was given the opportunity to join Ohio State’s faculty.

Smooth was stunned by the abrupt offer, and little did she know it was just the beginning.

Fourteen years later, Smooth was appointed as first associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Ohio State in the College of Arts and Sciences, a newly reconstituted position within the college.

In her role, Smooth works with administrative staff and academic departments to develop, promote, coordinate and advise diversity and inclusion initiatives across the College of Arts and Sciences.

Smooth plans to be an advocate for ensuring that diversity and inclusion initiatives are implemented.

“I am so excited that we are pushing ourselves in the College of Arts and Sciences to do more around creating [diverse] types of learning spaces for our students,” Smooth said.

Throughout Smooth’s time at Ohio State, one question has stuck with her about increasing diversity within the college: “How do we include more people at the table?”

Smooth grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, and during high school worked on a campaign for Patricia Wise, an African-American woman who ran for judge.

Throughout the campaign, there was resistance around the candidacy that made Smooth more passionate about the issue. “[The campaign was a] moment of changing my life and giving me insight about what I wanted to do with my life,” she said.

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Ohio State helps introduce new smart shuttles to Columbus BRADY ELLIS For The Lantern ellis.703@osu.edu A new line of low-speed, self-driving shuttle buses will begin operating in Columbus starting in December as part of citywide efforts to improve transportation.

DriveOhio’s new shuttles will operate along the Scioto Mile, allowing passengers to travel to the Smart Columbus Experience Center, COSI, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Bicentennial Park.

The project comes from the combined work of DriveOhio, a new initiative within the Ohio Department of Transportation; Smart Columbus, an initiative focused on improving economic growth and quality of life through technological advancements; and Ohio State University.

The shuttles are part of DriveOhio’s plans “to make Ohio ‘smart transportation’ ready to go,” ODOT press secretary Matt Bruning said.

DriveOhio was established in January by Gov. John Kasich and supported by ODOT as a new center to bring together researchers and manufacturers behind smart mobility initiatives like the shuttles and a “smart highway” project along part of Route 33.

By fostering cooperation between public and private entities, DriveOhio seeks to attract new investments and jobs for the state.

“We want people to manufacture their vehicles here, to manufacture their tools here,” Bruning said. “We want people to invest in infrastructure here and in smart mobility.”

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tomotive Research, or CAR, have played a key role in making this project possible.

Maryn Weimer, senior associate director of CAR, said DriveOhio goes to CAR for research purposes to make sure safety and efficiency goals are met.

Weimer said while this is the first major project CAR and DriveOhio have collaborated on, but that CAR already had a dedication to smart mobility and vehicle autonomy in its recent projects.

This has included the designing of new driverless vehicles as well as testing their ability to operate outside the lab. In tandem, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has established Autonomy in Vehicles, a new course for undergraduate

seniors and graduate students that focuses on the design and implementation of autonomous and connected vehicles.

Weimer, also an Ohio State representative for DriveOhio, said CAR’s engineers “have been working with DriveOhio on testing the vehicles’ safety” before they begin accepting passengers.

This far-reaching goal of modernization is reflected by Smart Columbus which has a stated goal on its website to “develop and deploy smart mobility projects that improve access to jobs, expand logistics capabilities, connect residents to safe and reliable transportation, give visitors accessible transportation options and support a sustainable transportation system.”

In 2016, Smart Columbus was established by Mayor Andrew Ginther after the city was awarded $40 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation for winning its first Smart City Challenge — a competition among midsize cities to develop ideas for an integrated smart transportation system. As with DriveOhio, Smart Columbus is working to establish a modernized electric grid, a new network of electric vehicle chargers, Smart Mobility Hubs and parental trip assistance.

The shuttles will begin accepting passengers in December and are expected to continue their operations throughout 2019.

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vide,” Shah said. “Since then, we’ve been able to grow the clinic and see more and more people every week.”

Shah said at first the clinic had one physician volunteer a night who saw five or six patients. Now, with more regular physician volunteers, he said the clinic sees an average of 15 patients a night.

Not only are there more physician volunteers, but there is a pharmacy team and undergraduate volunteers who serve as translators, while also checking in and following up with patients.

Shah, whose parents were first-generation immigrants and small-business owners, grew up without health insurance and as a result had limited access to health care.

His family was unaware of services like free clinics, and on top of that, there was a language barrier, as Shah’s parents mainly spoke Gujarati, an Indian dialect.

“I saw firsthand the barriers that [language] presented in all aspects of their life,” Shah said.

This background is one of the reasons he pursued a medical career.

“I’ve always had a strong passion for helping those underserved and being a health care provider,” Shah said. “Addressing health disparities is probably one of my main interests.”

Gennell’s background also drew her to helping under-resourced communities and eventually volunteering at La Clinica Latina.

Gennell moved to California when she was 4 after living in Peru and Mexico. She said her family did not have health insurance when she came to the United States and relied on free clinics for health care. “[Volunteering at La Clinica Latina] was my way of giving back, and so that was an opportunity that I saw here,” Gennell said.

“Something that I’ve always wanted to do

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Tania Gennell, a fourth-year medical student, has been seeing 65-year-old Milton Mendez as a patient for two years at La Clinica Latina, a weekly free clinic.

was help others in my situation and help my people because I’m Latina, it’s an important part of my life.”

Gennell said throughout her time working at La Clinica Latina as a medical student she’s learned to be more patient, which is something she said doctors may sometimes forget.

“I’ve learned how much sacrifice that our patients make and how to be more patient with them and just to be an even better listener, which I think is really important in medicine,” she said.

Shah has seen the growth Gennel men-

tioned for herself in the student volunteers.

“You really notice the growth in their medical knowledge, their patient interaction, their physical exam skills and their ability to take ownership of patients and medical conditions,” Shah said.

Shah said serving underinsured and underserved communities is embedded in the values of physicians and that improving the health of individuals in communities will lift the community as a whole.

“You’re allowing them to engage in and get jobs that they want to get. You’re allowing them to take care of and provide for

their children. You’re allowing them to be contributing members of society to their fullest potential,” Shah said.

Gennell said working with Mendez has been “the best.”

“I love when he comes in. He’s hilarious, and it brings me so much joy to see him take an active role in his health and he’s very supportive of everything I’ve wanted to do,” Gennell said.

Mendez said treatment-wise, Gennell and the clinic have been able to keep everything under control. He said the clinic HEALTH CARE CONTINUES ON 3

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ment. In 2004, she became an assistant professor of women’s studies.

“One of the things I absolutely love about OSU is that you can always meet new colleagues,” Smooth said.

Smooth holds several positions within the university, including chair of the athletic council for the university senate, chair of the university senate diversity committee and associate professor by courtesy in political science at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.

As the associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, Smooth said she gets to strategically think across the college’s efforts to recruit a more diverse group of faculty and students and retain diversity within the college.

James L. Moore III, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Ohio State, praised Smooth’s work and her character. “[Smooth adds] value to advance diversity and inclusion throughout Ohio State University,” Moore said. “She is exceptionally bright and is an outstanding colleague.”

Wendy Smooth was appointed as the first associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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cal science at Xavier University of Louisiana, where she aspired to go to law school.

She had the opportunity to work for a pollster during college and said she was “blown away” by that experience. She was responsible for doing field work, traveling to polling places and calling in turnout numbers and candidate votes as they came in during local elections.

“I wanted to figure out how I could become a part of that world,” Smooth said.

Smooth’s interest in politics was linked with how to get more people of color and women elected and engaged in political processes.

Figuring out how to do that was not only a driving force for Smooth’s research, but a driving force in the way she thinks of any institutional space.

Smooth received her master’s degree at the University of Maryland and earned her doctorate in government and politics there in 2001. She started her teaching and research career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the political science departHEALTH CARE FROM 2

brings a human quality to the treatment, with physicians showing care and respect to the patients. He said he generally feels comfortable there.

And he’s not the only one. Many people he’s talked to who go to the clinic also have a good impression of it, Mendez said.

“A lot of the time, people do these programs because they have to, and the fact that someone comes here and they sit you down, [you’re] well-attended to, loved, that for me is what keeps me coming back.

It’s that experience,” Mendez said. “Because if not, I would have left already.”

But that experience doesn’t stop with treatment.

Gennell said Mendez invited himself to her graduation, which she said she would happily have him attend.

“These people have become sort of like family, but still respecting the boundaries, but involved in the important events in my life. I ask them about their kids and their lives,” she said. “So for me, it’s been nice to have that rapport for years now with Milton.”

“I am so excited that we are pushing ourselves in the College of Arts and Sciences to do more around creating [diverse] types of learning spaces for our students.”

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Shapiro will speak at the Performance Hall in the Ohio Union on Tuesday.

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individuals of its “Fight for 15 Campaign,” an initiative to raise the campus minimum wage to $15. They plan to promote this idea, rather than only speak out against Shapiro’s views, Nathan Mundo, YDS member and second-year in chemical engineering, said.

“The reason we chose to do this instead of protesting him is because we feel that it’s better to counter bad ideas with good ideas,” Mundo said. “I think it’s very important to make sure people know that we don’t want him to not talk. We don’t want to just make the other side shut up. We want a conversation so that people can come to the ideas the right way.”

The Columbus Anti-Racist Action group also plans to take action against Shapiro, but in the form of a direct protest.

“If these people are allowed to have a positive experience at Tuesday night’s event you had better believe that there will be an immediate uptick in the racist attacks we see every day on the news,” a Columbus Anti-Racist Action flyer stated. “We are inviting people to join us at 6:30 on the dead end of 14th Street at High. From there we will march to confront the bigot fest in the performance hall of the Ohio Union.”

According to an article featured on the Young America’s Foundation website, the website for the

conservative organization, the successful planning of the event has been difficult. The article claimed that, “university administrators have inexplicably and inexcusably carried out a sustained effort to minimize the impact of OSU Young Americans for Freedom’s breakthrough lecture with the number one conservative speaker in America.”

While the article lists a number of ways Ohio State has made the event’s execution difficult, all issues have been resolved except for the problem of security fees. Both the article and Lamb claim that Ohio State has charged $2,064 for security personnel and $2,800 for metal detectors.

In response to these claims, Ben Johnson, an Ohio State spokesman, said the university does not hamper events based on content and that Ohio State has worked directly with Shapiro’s security team to meet the team’s requirements.

“The Ohio State University is a place for discussion and debate of diverse viewpoints … Ohio State never makes decisions based on the content of speech,” Johnson said. “Ohio State has worked directly with the sponsoring student organization and the speaker’s security team to determine the location and set-up, including security needs, for this event. Many of the security measures, including metal detectors, were required by the speaker’s security team, not

by Ohio State.”

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Cancer can’t stop Clubhouse’s success CHASE RAY Arts & Life Editor ray.461@osu.edu

Local electronic-pop band Clubhouse, comprising of lead singer and guitarist Max Reichert, pianist Michael Berthold, bassist Ben Saulnier, guitarist Ari Blumer and drummer Zak Blumer, has found notable success since assembling four years ago.

Having played sold-out shows throughout Ohio, opening for Young The Giant at Ohio State’s 2018 spring concert, playing Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, touring around the country, releasing singles and accumulating over 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, their recognition has been steadily climbing.

The band’s journey took an unexpected turn in August when Reichert was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, after doctors discovered a 9-centimeter tumor in his left femur.

“I kind of found out about the [cancer] diagnosis when I was working out — which is a crazy concept to think about now,” Reichert said. “I was doing deadlifts one day and my knee pinched up really bad and I got this intense pain right above my knee.”

When Reichert’s pain didn’t go away and worsened over time, he decided to pay a visit to the doctor for an X-ray. After confusing findings, the doctors decided an MRI was necessary. He was then informed of his diagnosis.

“I remember collapsing to the floor and puking and dry heaving — it was terrible,” Reichert said.

Reichert’s bandmates and closest friends immediately dropped what they were doing and rallied around him once they got

“It’s a moment of clarity when you go through something like this — life becomes simpler in terms of what you want to do in the future.”

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the news via text from Reichert.

“I was kind of numb at first. I didn’t want to react before I knew all the information,” Saulnier said. “Of course seeing him for the first time and realizing the gravity of the situation was overwhelmingly sad, but it was good we were all together.”

Ari Blumer said he was in shock after the news broke.

“For a while after I found out, between the diagnosis and before the treatment started, it was a real daze; every once in a while you snap back into realizing this is real,” he said. “It felt like your world would pause while the rest of the world would continue. You’re in this bubble by yourself, lost in your head thinking about all the possibilities that could be coming — it was like that for a while.”

Zak Blumer said there was a month during which they didn’t know everything about Reichert’s situation beyond the fact that he had been diagnosed with cancer.

Multiple tests had been conducted to determine the severity of the tumor, whether it had spread and if it was treatable. He said

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Clubhouse members Ben Saulnier, Michael Berthold, Ari Blumer, Max Reichert and Zak Blumer recently released new singles “Summerfields” and “Just Us,” following Reichert’s cancer diagnosis.

waiting for those results was the hardest part.

A month after the initial diagnosis, the tests revealed the cancer had not spread and the tumor was still in its early stages — the first victory in Reichert’s battle. He was scheduled for six rounds of chemotherapy followed by surgery to remove the tumor and another 12 rounds. Clubhouse put everything on pause, cancelling shows that were lined up and taking an indefinite hiatus.

Although the hiatus barred Clubhouse from performing live, the band had already recorded and produced a few singles it was still able to release — the most significant one being “Summerfields.”

“The song’s about the dreams we have for ourselves and also coming back to reality and the balance between the two,” Berthold said. “At that point in our lives when we were writing this, everyone was graduating college and there were a lot of decisions to be made and we tried to encompass that into the meaning of the song and the feel of the song.”

Berthold said the song, which was released Oct. 24, relates to each member in his own specific way, and Zak Blumer agreed.

“When you’re graduating college, people are telling you probably more than ever that a music career isn’t going to pan out and that came in different forms for all five of us,” Zak Blumer said. “But at the end of the day, this song is about pursuing that dream for us, or for anyone, and understanding the obstacle but not letting that get in your way.”

That was what the song meant before the diagnosis. Since then, the song has taken on a new meaning.

“The chorus says, ‘Does it make you want to die in a summerfield?’ And I take that as, ‘Are you willing to die trying to do what you always wanted to do?’” Reichert said. “Are you OK with following your

passion until you die, or are you wanting to settle and do something that you’re good at and like, but is not your actual passion?”

Reichert said it became relevant for him because of his diagnosis, and said that while he was uncertain about his future, he knew he wanted to do music.

“It’s a moment of clarity when you go through something like this — life becomes simpler in terms of what you want to do in the future,” Reichert said.

Zak Blumer said the second half of the chorus added to this meaning further.

“When you’re graduating college, people are telling you probably more than ever that a music career isn’t going to pan out and that came in different forms for all five of us ... this song is about pursuing that dream for us, or for anyone, and understanding the obstacle but not letting that get in your way.”

ZAK BLUMER Member of Clubhouse

“The other major line, ‘Does it make you want to fly in a summerfield?’ is basically the juxtaposition of, ‘Do your dreams get you so excited for the future and make you want to fly?’” he said. “Does it make you want to fly and experience that happiness and also be willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to pursue your dreams? It’s a nice contrast there.”

Reichert said the release of “Summerfields” meant more to him now than it orig-

inally would have.

“It meant everything. Still being able to release and write music gives me that escape and gives me something to do where I feel like a normal person again,” he said.

“Whether it’s the promo stuff or writing music in my room, any time I’m able to work on band stuff and music in general it helps me escape from the reality I’m in.”

During this hiatus, the band members said they plan to continue writing and build their arsenal of songs, so when the time comes, they can take those songs to producers and eventually put together an EP and perform live shows in the future.

Clubhouse also released another single Nov. 9, a collaboration with producer Dreamsuite called “Just Us.” The band also has a new single set for release in early 2019.

While Reichert won’t be able to perform high-energy shows as he used to, Berthold said the band is planning to do strippeddown acoustic sets once his treatment ends because, despite the setback, they know that time away means a potential decline in the Clubhouse fanbase.

“I think if I’m able to sit down on a stool or a chair and I have the energy to perform, we’re going to,” Reichert said. “Playing live shows is so important in terms of just keeping your fans engaged and interested in you and not forget about you.”

Even though the diagnosis put Clubhouse’s plans on hold, it further affirmed Reichert’s decision to pursue music.

“I knew I wanted to do music ever since I was a kid, but I was getting to that point where I was graduating college and seeing my friends start to make money and I was like, ‘Maybe I can get a real job,’” Reichert said. “But after I got diagnosed, I knew this is definitely what I want and am going to do no matter what – literally no matter what. Whether it’s songwriting or working in the music industry, I have to do music.”

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Used Kids Records keeps music at its forefront COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu Greg Hall remembers the first record he ever bought.

At a neighbor’s garage sale when he was a kid, Hall saw a stack of Creedence Clearwater Revival singles for sale, which he bought for a nickel apiece. In that time, he said you either heard these songs on the radio or in concert.

But, for 5 cents each, those Creedence Clearwater Revival songs were his. Hall took ownership of music for the first time, something that helped lead him to buy Used Kids Records in 2014.

Hall always considered music to be part of his life plan, watching his dad become a choir director after earning his master’s degree in music education. Music was something Hall was passionate about and took advantage of from an early age.

“In high school, I worked at a commercial radio station briefly as their janitor and then as a DJ, so it’s always been in my blood,” Hall said. “I’ve always been around it.”

Hall paid his way through school by working at SchoolKids Records. A store like this was common in the 1970s and ‘80s during his time at Ohio State. There were eight record stores on the stretch of High Street closest to Ohio State, from Ninth Avenue to Lane Avenue.

In 1986, after Hall had graduated, another vinyl store, Used Kids Records, opened directly next to SchoolKids Records. “[The previous owners] thought about a lot of different names and bounced stuff around and eventually came up with Used

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Used Kids Records opened its doors to the Columbus community in 1986, and Greg Hall bought the business in 2014.

Kids,” Hall said. “It was basically the ‘used side’ of SchoolKids Records.”

After SchoolKids went out of business in 2014, Used Kids took over the space, becoming a staple of High Street when Hall bought the store.

But Used Kids did not fit the changing mold of High Street when Hall bought it, as construction projects replaced local businesses with popular national brands. The only store in the area selling records was Urban Outfitters, a place he said does not count as a record store.

“My belief is all the cool stuff left High

Street and went elsewhere,” Hall said. “I mean, how cool is it to hang out at Wendy’s? It’s not that cool. Nothing against their burgers. I like their burgers.”

Hall relocated the store to the corner of Summit and Hudson streets in 2016, utilizing every bit of its space to stock records as customers perused section after section, genre after genre, old and new, sealed and used while he blasted records from the “dollarland” section of the store.

With rows and rows of albums, tubs overflowing with dusty Elvis Presley and Beatles singles, the culture of records was still

there. Hall said it might have died down, with collectors and so-called “nerds” buying physical vinyl.

To Hall, the tangible and the tactical is what brought vinyl back for good.

“People need something physical they can connect with and I think that’s where a big part of this comes into play,” Hall said.

“How fun is it to sit there and look at a tiny image on that recording device with some album cover you can’t even see what the artwork is?”

Corey Trimmer, an employee at Used Kids, bought his first record when he was 13, which he described as a corny house music record.

“Some unknown thing that’s probably gone by now,” he called it.

But that started a collection and a love for records, which led him to buying his first turntable and DJing ever since.

“Records are kind of a dying art,” Trimmer said. “It’s good to see a successful business here and for people to support it.”

People like Greg Inbody, a man in his 60s who has attended the store since its inception.

“It’s an excellent place for you to come as a person to relive the music of your life,” Inbody said. “And if we didn’t have Used Kids, we would not have any place to go and buy and listen.”

This is Hall’s job: to turn people on to new music, to provide the people of Columbus that opportunity to discover and have a moment similar to the one he had as a kid, buying a stack of Creedence Clearwater Revival singles for a nickel apiece.

Music was always in Hall’s blood. Now, with Used Kids Records, he is sharing his love with the Columbus area.

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Answer Key for Nov. 6: Across 1. Save 5. Yams 9. Disk 13. Init 14. Error 16. Edna 17. Anat 18. Smite 19. Play 20. Molasses 22. Bleeps 24. Hid 25. Coin

26. TvStar 30. Cauldron 34. Hoped 35. Clint 36. Ode 37. Edie 38. Brand 39. Usda 40. Ike 41. Moore 42. Crier 43. Radiance 45. Tuners

46. Mtns 47. Nor 48. Toupee 51. Valencia 56. Alto 57. Trail 59. Caps 60. Teas 61. Serve 62. Aloe 63. Ashe 64. Dyed 65. Alda

Down 1. Siam 2. Anno 3. Vial 4. Etta 5. Yessir 6. Armed 7. Mris 8. Sot 9. Depend 10. Idle 11. Snap 12. Kays 15. Rebound

21. Shad 23. Lilt 25. Caine 26. Their 27. Vodka 28. Spied 29. Tee 30. Clare 31. Rosie 32. Odder 33. Nears 35. Crocs 38. Bonnets 39. Urn

41. Mate 42. Cure 44. Impose 45. Tolled 47. Naive 48. Tata 49. Oles 50. Utah 51. Vary 52. Ncaa 53. Call 54. Ipod 55. Ases 58. Red

Across

1. Elec. unit 4. Tone-____ 8. Scolds constantly 12. City haze 13. Chorus voice 14. Biblical peak 15. Beds 16. “Runaround Sue” singer 17. Andrew ____ Webber 18. Onassis, for short 19. Farm sound 20. Scheduled to arrive 22. Born, in wedding announcements 23. Recommend 25. “Clueless” catch phrase (2 wds.)

27. Soda measure 31. Maturing 34. Dyed Easter items 37. Sorrows 39. Senses sound 41. ____ Paulo, Brazil

42. Poker stakes 44. Quarry 45. Alternative strategy (2 wds.)

48. “Shall We Dance?” locale 49. Venemous snakes 50. Brew tea 52. German steel city 54. Malt brews 56. Windbreaker material 60. NBC comedy show, briefly 63. Motorists’ org.

64. Sounds of inquiry 66. “____ Blue?” (2 wds.)

67. Shirley Temple role 69. Cliff’s “Cheers” Buddy 71. Sanction 72. Zeal 73. Garage band’s tape 74. Cabin components 75. Garden equipment 76. Married Spanish ladies (abbr.)

77. Lobster ____ Diavolo

Down

1. Love, Italian-style 2. Main idea 3. Movie ratings (abbr.)

4. Father, to a baby 5. Director Kazan 6. From ____ Z (2 wds.)

7. Jane of “Klute” 8. Naught 9. Presently 10. Singer Marvin 11. ____ effects 12. Dueling mark 14. Snow vehicle 19. Hospital diagnostic machine (abbr.)

21. Neighbor of Can. and Mex. 24. Raised railroads 26. Exclamation of annoyance 28. Defunct airline 29. Eternities 30. Lace up again 32. Dozes off 33. Fraternal handshake

34. Psychis letters 35. Darnes 36. Nanny ____ 38. Continent Seperators 40. Holy ones (abbr.)

43. Lgs.’ opposites (abbr.)

46. Teacher’s gp 47. Fresh Prince’s locale (2 wds.)

49. Take your pick 51. Shade of green 53. O’Toole’s rank (abbr.)

55. Smooths wood 57. Work hard 58. From alpha to ____ 59. Little lice 60. Persian ruler 61. Sleuth Wolfe 62. Covers for pots 64. Writer Bombeck 65. Some med. plans 68. Gentle forest creature 70. “____ the land of the free...”

71. Landon of politics

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Tate Martell finds role in Ohio State offense COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu After earning playing time in three of the first four games of the season, redshirt freshman quarterback Tate Martell failed to earn playing time in the next five games.

It was seemingly simple. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins had become the guy for the Ohio State offense.

But Martell still brought something valuable to the offense, something that Haskins had not shown in his game: a dual-threat ability, an ability to take off and run, an ability to navigate past linemen and linebackers for a potential score.

With this type of talent on the roster, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has really had to answer one question this entire season: What role does Martell play in the Ohio State offense?

Meyer showed what Martell’s role could be in the middle of Ohio State’s 26-6 win over Michigan State on Saturday.

As Haskins moved the Buckeyes down the field in the middle of the second quarter, Ohio State faced a 1st-andgoal from six yards out. Martell entered the game, trying to bring some life to an offense known for struggling in the red zone.

He took the ball, semi-faked the option pitch and navigated his way through the offensive line for a five-yard gain. After that play, he left. His half was over. His day was pretty much complete, handing the ball off to redshirt junior running back Mike Weber a few times in the middle of the fourth quarter, but failing to put up any more stats.

He did not score, with Haskins throwing a one-yard shovel pass to redshirt senior wide receiver Parris Campbell, but Martell’s performance was enough to convince Meyer.

“I think we are going to do more of that,” Meyer said.

“When you start to get to that point in the field, it’s rugged, especially against a defense like that. So I hope to use him more.”

But the thing is, Haskins, the quarterback who has become “the guy” for the Ohio State offense, was not too keen on leaving the game. He understands it, but it does not mean he was happy about it.

“I mean, it’s a little hard, but, you know, it’s for the bet-

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Ohio State redshirt freshman quarterback Tate Martell (18) prepares to run a play in the fourth quarter of the game against Michigan State on Nov. 10. Ohio State won 26-6.

terment of the offense,” Haskins said. “It’s a certain package we have that we need to, feel like the coaches need to run, so I can’t complain about that. It’s a little frustrating.”

For the Ohio State offense, red zone success is very vital, especially with the two opponents the Buckeyes will be facing to end the regular season.

Maryland has the No. 110 red zone defense in the country, allowing opposing offenses to score 89.7 percent of the time within the 20-yard line. Despite being the No. 4 team in the country, Michigan has the No. 125 red zone defense in the country, with offenses scoring points 93.8 percent of the time.

Both teams have combined to allow 17 rushing touchdowns within the 20-yard line this year.

It’s not about how Haskins feels about it. Like he said, it is about the betterment of the offense.

But it is not as though Martell has not earned the playing time. Both Haskins and Meyer have voiced their praise

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“Now, you could be defending a draft pick rather than just defending a Top 100 player that’s an unfinished product,” Muhammad said. “It’s definitely more detailed and you just have to be ready all the time.”

Muhammad said it is all about preparation, paying attention to detail and utilizing the scout team, which was integral to Ohio State’s success in its home opener.

Through the first two games of the season, Ohio State has allowed opponents to shoot 30.7 percent from the field, giving up 22.6 percent of three-point shots attempted.

Senior guard C.J. Jackson said defense has been the team’s main priority early in the season.

“It’s pride on the defensive end,” Jackson said. “We work as one and we work every day to work as one.”

But it is Muhammad’s confidence, knowing he’s going to make it difficult on an opponent, that is carrying the team through two games. And for Ohio State, it’s contagious.

Holtmann just has one thing to ask of his freshman guard.

“I just don’t want him to average a technical a game.”

proved what it can do as a unit.

“We have been practicing hard. We’ve been going hard and even though everybody kind of telling us to do this or do that, we just stuck with the plan and it pays off, as you can see,” Cooper said. “We went out there and actually showed that we are the defense. We are Ohio State. We are the bullets.”

Ohio State’s defense did look improved, allowing only 54 rushing yards, 47 of which came on one run by redshirt freshman quarterback Rocky Lombardi. Through the air, Lombardi and redshirt junior quarterback Brian Lewerke combined to throw 18-for-48 for 220 yards and an interception.

Offensively, redshirt junior running back Mike Weber ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, averaging 4.7 yards per carry while redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins threw for 227 yards and a touchdown, some of his lowest totals on the season.

Haskins said the locker room was “electric” after the win.

“It’s the atmosphere we had after to gain a win like that. It meant a lot for a lot of people,” Haskins said. “We didn’t play our best ball, but the good thing is we have another game to play, and we got a lot of potential and we can keep getting better.”

It is still unknown if the College Football Playoff committee will see that potential in Ohio State, but in the past two weeks, it has not seen it from the Buckeyes.

The AP Poll and Coaches’ Poll do not seem to see it either.

“To finish the game we did, against that defense, no one’s done that to them. No one’s done it against a team (like) that,” Meyer said. “You know how much respect I have for that coach, that staff and that place. That was awful. That was a tough environment.”

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of the competitiveness of the redshirt freshman.

“Give him a five on the competitor scale,” Meyer said.

“He’s an elite competitor. He’s worked his you know what off. And I do see that.”

As a competitive player, Meyer said that Martell has voiced displeasure in his lack of playing time.

To Haskins, this is not something he has seen from Martell in the quarterback room.

“I didn’t feel any frustration from him as far as, you know, playing a lot or whatever he voiced to coach Meyer,” Haskins said. “But I know that, when he gets into the game, he’s taking all the things he can learn from me, from J.T. [Barrett] and he’s going to try and compete out there. I’m proud of the progress he’s made.”

Martell only recorded one rush for five yards in the red zone against Michigan State. But it could be a sign of things to come for the Ohio State offense moving forward.

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Ohio State redshirt junior running back Mike Weber (25) dives into the end zone for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against Michigan State on Nov. 10. Ohio State won 26-6.

Ohio State now sits at 9-1, two wins away from finishing atop the Big Ten East. It has wins against four teams that were ranked at the time of defeat, and one loss by 29 to Purdue, a team that lost by 31 to Minnesota this past week.

The resume is debatable and will be debatable until the playoff is decided. Meyer knows this, but said he still wishes his team had more respect for what it has done this season.

“I don’t want to come across saying, ‘Well,

we’re 9 and —’ no, we’re not playing great at times,” Meyer said. “But then our defense came out and played the way they did. And our special teams played the way they did. It was a great team win. But we’re not where I would like us to be. Is that fair?”

Fair or not, Ohio State has up to three games to prove itself as a team deserving of a Top-4 finish. The win in East Lansing was a start, but the Buckeyes still have a long way to go and need to get there fast if they want a chance at the playoff this season.

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Ohio State continues to be questioned after Michigan State win

WYATT CROSHER Assistant Sports Editor crosher.1@osu.edu Following Ohio State’s 26-6 win against Michigan State, head coach Urban Meyer was excited about how his team played.

“That was a big win, and we’re very satisfied,” Meyer said. “The other ones, you kind of have people didn’t feel like they won. That was a great locker room. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Enjoy the win and get ready for the next one.”

The two polls released on Sunday saw the win differently.

In the AP Poll and Amway Coaches’ Poll, Ohio State dropped one spot to No. 9 and No. 8 respectively.

Though College Football Playoff is the only ballot that matters, the committee was already lower on the Buckeyes, having them at No. 10 the past two weeks.

Meyer said he understands the conflict

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being displayed by his team.

“You go on the road and win by 20 points against a ranked team,” Meyer said.

“And what happened? What’s the problem? What about this? What about that? I could stand up and say, ‘What are you guys talking about?’ But I get it. I don’t think we played great either at times.”

The Buckeyes traveled to East Lansing, Michigan, and defeated the No. 18 Spartans, that is true. But how they won brings up questions Ohio State has seemingly faced every week since its victory against Penn State.

Redshirt sophomore punter Drue Chrisman was the main reason why, pinning

Michigan State within its own 5-yard line on a handful of occasions, leading to an intentional safety, a defensive touchdown and a field goal after the Spartans fumbled on their own 15-yard line.

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Luther Muhammad shows contagious defensive play COLIN GAY Sports Editor gay.125@osu.edu Luther Muhammad knows he is a good basketball player.

In the middle of a fastbreak offensive possession, the Ohio State freshman guard weaved his way through Purdue-Fort Wayne defenders, throwing up a feather-touch layup for the score. Muhammad immediately turned around to his assignment, Mastodons redshirt senior guard John Konchar, with a smirk on his face, nodding his head in approval of his actions and mockingly clapping his hands as he crossed midcourt.

Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann has seen this before.

“When we saw him in [Amateur Athletic Union camps], we’d have an 8 a.m. game and Luther Muhammad would be out there doing that at an 8 a.m. game, the only guy on both teams with that personality,” Holtmann said. “The only guy. 8 a.m. game.

Doing that.”

This is what made Muhammad so important for Holtmann to get in his first recruiting class at Ohio State: a confident and fearless player who brings confidence and life to the program. A sign of the future.

But for most players, this confidence comes in the form of offense, doing what

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Ohio State freshman guard Luther Muhammad (1) guards Purdue-Fort Wayne guard John Konchar (55) in the first half on Nov. 11. Ohio State won 107-61.

Ohio State freshman guard Duane Washington Jr. did — sending an imaginary bow-and-arrow into the crowd after hitting consecutive 3s at the end of the first half against the Mastodons.

Muhammad’s different. His joy comes when he’s playing one-on-one defense against Konchar, making him work for a basket.

It’s defense that defines Muhammad. It’s

become his identity.

“Everyone who plays basketball likes to score. But what is scoring if your guy’s also scoring?” Muhammad said. “I just feel like it’s better when you score and also you get a stop, your man’s not scoring because if you score 20 and your man scores 20, you really ain’t scoring.”

Muhammad said this is the mentality with which he grew up, something he lives

by based on how he learned to play basketball.

This is what separated him from the pack for Holtmann, what made the head coach desperately want to secure a commitment from Muhammad.

“He is who we recruited in the sense of we fell in love with the kid when we recruited him because what you saw today is who he is. He is ready to take on a challenge against a really good player.

It’s his identity,” Holtmann said. “He is a more-than-capable offensive player, but that’s why we chased him every day like we did because we knew how important it was going to be for us.”

Holtmann has always been a defense-first coach. When establishing the team identity, the defensive strategy has always been the primary focus with offense coming later.

Purdue-Fort Wayne head coach Jon Coffman said Holtmann’s team played a defense in which he felt every player had bought into something bigger than himself. It was a cohesion, a common goal that made the defense so ruthless, the Mastodons head coach said.

This was the mentality for Muhammad all along. But having the mentality is one thing. The other is actually performing against collegiate athletes, knowing he is not in high school anymore.

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